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What Are Little Boys Made Of?
In this original BTB Investigation, we unveil the tragic story of Kirk Murphy, a four-year-old boy who was treated for “cross-gender disturbance” in 1970 by a young grad student by the name of George Rekers. This story is a stark reminder that there are severe and damaging consequences when therapists try to ensure that boys will be boys.
Slouching Towards Kampala: Uganda’s Deadly Embrace of Hate
When we first reported on three American anti-gay activists traveling to Kampala for a three-day conference, we had no idea that it would be the first report of a long string of events leading to a proposal to institute the death penalty for LGBT people. But that is exactly what happened. In this report, we review our collection of more than 500 posts to tell the story of one nation’s embrace of hatred toward gay people. This report will be updated continuously as events continue to unfold. Check here for the latest updates.
David Benkof: Behind the Mask
At first glance, David Benkof appears to be a young gay man who believes that same-sex marriage will damage the institution of marriage, that there are better options for gay couples than marriage, that the community should join him in prioritizing other more pressing issues, and that the marriage discussion is harming the efforts of gay couples in red states to get recognition for their unions. He also claims that he’s a gay columnist, that he speaks for an influential collection of gay thinkers, and that he is part of the gay and lesbian community and that he shares our goals and dreams. But none of that is true.
“Repeat After Me”: The Reparative Therapy Echo Chamber
The April 2008 edition of the pay-to-publish vanity journal Psychological Reports featured a new report from NARTH. Written by NARTH president A. Dean Byrd, past president Joseph Nicolosi, and Richard W. Potts, the report carries the unwieldy but self-descriptive title, “Clients perceptions of how reorientation therapy and self-help can promote changes in sexual orientation.” While the title describes what the authors meant to show — how clients describe the benefits of reparative therapy — the report itself actually illustrates something very different: the ex-gay movement’s remarkable ability to instill an almost robot-like parroting of ex-gay rhetoric among their clients.
Testing the Premise: Is MRSA The New Gay Plague?
The Toronto Star said that a new study “discover[ed] a new strain” of a super-bug “hitting gay men.” Headlines in Britain screamed, “Flesh-eating bug strikes San Francisco’s gay community,” and anti-gay extremists across America spread the alarm that gays were introducing another plague into “the general population.” But there was a small problem with all of this: None of it is true!
Paul Cameron’s World
In 2005, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote that “[Paul] Cameron’s ‘science’ echoes Nazi Germany.” What the SPLC didn”t know was Cameron doesn’t just “echo” Nazi Germany. He quoted extensively from one of the Final Solution’s architects. This puts his fascination with quarantines, mandatory tattoos, and extermination being a “plausible idea” in a whole new and deeply disturbing light.
From the Inside: Focus on the Family’s “Love Won Out”
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Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
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Part 5: A Candid Explanation For "Change"
The Heterosexual Agenda: Exposing The Myths
At last, the truth can now be told.
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Review: The Gay Report
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Daniel Fetty Doesn’t Count
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Posts via daily email:Buju Banton, the Jamaican reggae star whose anti-gay lyrics have drawn international criticism, is in a federal lockup in Miami, facing drug conspiracy charges.
Burr
December 12th, 2009 | LINK
Karma is a bitch.
Lindoro Almaviva
December 12th, 2009 | LINK
well, now he will be someone’s bitch and we’ll see how he likes being treated like a batty man.
Lindoro Almaviva
December 12th, 2009 | LINK
In completely unrelated news: Houston, we got a lesbian….
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091213/ap_on_el_st_lo/us_houston_mayor;_ylt=AmM9EzDqe6KwtBwuxumC1OB0fNdF
Edwin
December 12th, 2009 | LINK
Hope they lock him up for ever and throw the key away. That 5 kilo will get him some big time.
AJD
December 12th, 2009 | LINK
I would say deport his ass, but it’s nice to know that said ass will belong to some “batty boy” in prison.
Not that I support prison rape, but in the words of Nelson Muntz, “Ha ha!”
John
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
I think the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are pretty harsh when it comes to 5 kilos of cocaine.
I would prefer that he go to jail rather than deported. If deported, he can continue to make his murder music. He won’t have the opportunity in jail.
As for the issue of prison rape, I think that our inability or unwillingness to stop this form of torture is a horrible national shame.
AJD
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
John, I’m with you on the prison rape issue, but I’m inclined to feel the same way I do regarding capital punishment: I’m against the phenomenon in general, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I feel bad for the person when it happens. In the case of Buju Banton, I hope he spends 20 years in a cell with a musclebound sex addict with a 9″ penis and multiple convictions for male rape because he deserves it.
Désirée
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
You want a homophobe to be locked up with a man who will repeatedly rape him thus reinforcing the homophobe’s impression of gays as predators and aggressors? Doesn’t really seem like the right tact to me.
werdna
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
Sorry, but jokes about prison rape are inexcusable, whatever your feelings about the person being sent to prison.
ZRAinSWVA
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
Werdna, I agree. If convicted, the punishment is time in prison–which he would deserve. Rape, however, should never, ever be condoned.
tammy
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
all you who are condoning prison rape just show up how nasty americans are. this country is the beast spoken about un revelations. i strngly belive buju banton was framed. he will be just another malcom x, martin luther king, bob marley, o.j. simpson, michael jackson , lee boyd malvo, tiger woods, that your satanic country has destoyed. free buju.
Scott P.
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
LOL Now, Tammy, that was honestly funny! Tiger Woods? Michael Jackson? O.J. Simpson??? An adulterer, a murderer and a pedophile. You think this country destroyed them (by the way Tiger Woods is still incredibly wealthy)? Oh, and before you scream racism, you are aware that Woods and Simpson dated and MARRIED white women, aren’t you? Each one of those three chose their method of SELF-DESTRUCTION. If you could ask each one of them which country they’d prefer to live in I’d wager they’d still say the U.S.A. And in case you didn’t read all the posts (which you obviously didn’t) most of us are repulsed by prison rape.
And can you give us one reason to believe that Banton was framed? Most of the people in power in this nation would agree with his position. Honestly, he’s a very unimportant, niche musician. why would anyone bother?
Lindoro Almaviva
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
Nobody deserves to be raped, but then again, not every sexual relationship between men in prison is rape either, even if the parties are both heterosexual; I’m sure you know that.
As for BJ, he has put karma out; if that karma comes back to bite him, then that is his tragedy, not mine. Unfortunately i have lost the ability to sympathize with people who call for my murder and my rape. I do not wish it on them, but if it comes I just shrug and walk on.
Respect, sympathy and compassion are all 2-way streets: you got to give it to receive it.
Emily K
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
It’s understandable if people do not feel sympathy if something happens to him in prison, but gleefully relishing in his being raped – even talking about hoping it happens – is disgusting. It makes us no better than those who wish the same on us.
Priya Lynn
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
I am also apalled by people taking delight in the prospect of Banton being raped. The punishment is the prison sentence itself, no one deserves to be raped in prison, anyone calling for or saying that they don’t care if this happens is no better than Banton.
Jim Burroway
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
Wow. So this is the “civil discourse” I find in the comments left overnight.
For the record, our Comments Policy strictly prohibits advocating violence. Any further comments which advocate or condone violence will be removed. Those leaving comments advocating violence will also subject to moderation.
The only reason I’m not removing comments before this one is to provide context for comments left by others.
Candace
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
Hats off to the Miami and Tampa Narcotics divisions. Good work, mon.
Elliot in NY
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
I’d rather he not get raped, but I do hope that he spends every waking moment in fear and anticipation of being raped.
gar
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
5 kilos? Dayum.
Eddie89
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
I’m certain that Banton’s defense will be that the 5 Kilos of cocaine was just for “personal” use!
Candace
December 13th, 2009 | LINK
If boojoo hadn’t been so stoned on ganja all the time, he might have noticed he was being set up by DEA in that 5 kilo deal.
Oh well, you play, you pay. That’s how it works.
Jake Watson
December 14th, 2009 | LINK
One of allyuh Battie Boi set him up. He sang Boom Bye Bye after a 7yr boy was raped in Jamaica.,.,
Priya Lynn
December 14th, 2009 | LINK
Jake, let’s see your proof that he was set up. We don’t see any Jamaican’s calling for all heterosexuals to be murdered after a man rapes a girl, so don’t pretend its somehow justified to claim all gays are guilty if some pedophile allegedly rapes a boy (likely another fiction).
Jonathan Justice
December 14th, 2009 | LINK
While it is too true that our drug laws and drug law enforcement are a great swamp of dysfunction, the chance that an innocent artist is the victim here is low enough that we should give some attention to the consideration that as with Pat Robertson and the Ugandan government, we would appear to have a case where the rhetoric of sexual morality would seem to have been used as cover for other problematical transactions. Getting caught up in revenge fantasies is way too easy exactly because it allows us to ignore the connections to how others attack us.
Jamaican_Gal
December 20th, 2009 | LINK
Buju recorded the now infamous “Boom bye bye” nearly 20 years ago. At that time there was little tolerance for gays anywhere in the world. There was a general cry for their heads.
Give the guy a break. The advocates here of prison sodomy are worse than Buju, the author of an unfortunate song.
My gut instinct tells me that there is something amiss here and that BJ will eventually be exonerated.
Let’s learn to live in peace and love.
One love, y’all!
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